{"term":{"id":"14606","title":"dynamic energy budget theory","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - dynamic energy budget theory","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.14606","code":"14606","status":"current","initialism":"<em>initialism<\/em>: DEB","synonym":"<em>synonym<\/em>: DEB theory","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Theory that simple quantitative rules may be applied to define the organization of metabolism of individual organisms.","notes":{"1":"\"Dynamic\" refers to changes in energy budgets in relation to individual life cycle. The theory includes stoichiometric constraints and mass balance equations, allometric relationships, organizational uncoupling of metabolic modules, strong and weak homeostasis, and partionability of reserve kinetics.","2":"In relation to ecotoxicology, effects of toxicants on energy allocation have been modeled by Kooijman and Bedaux."},"sources":["PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 871 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/PAC-REC-08-07-09)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/14606\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/14606\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/14606\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'dynamic energy budget theory' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.14606","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-04-18T11:03:04+00:00"}}